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In saying aloud that "there can be no just Europe without an independent Poland on its map," the Pope effectively swept away the unjust postwar settlement that had subjugated Poland to Soviet power.
This is significant, but not nearly as large as the previous proposal to cut the rate to 25% – which, according to independent analysts, would have led to about $10 trillion in revenue losses over the course of just one decade.
For example, Abramovich, a former governor of the Arctic region of Chukotka, Mikhail Prokhorov, who ran as an independent candidate in the 2012 Russian presidential election, or Alexander Lebedev, the long-time financial backer of Novaya Gazeta, have sold nearly all of their assets in Russia and pursued legal and transparent businesses in the US and the UK.
But the reality is that security risks – which may well be genuine – are no excuse for the kind of blanket suspicion that governments are using as a pretext for silencing or prohibiting independent organizations.
But he has consistently ruled it out, and launched an independent bid for the presidency in November, most likely with an eye toward the long term.
But his courage and example may help to accelerate the dawn of the day when China’s participation in international affairs is aided by the expertise and oversight of civil-society groups, an independent media, and an engaged citizenry able to express its views through the ballot box.
Of course, Russia’s formal institutions of democracy remain in place; but, in the absence of a free press, an independent judiciary and free elections in the regions – where Kremlin cronies, like Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya, now hold sway – they have been hollowed out.
That is the purpose behind the Global Ocean Commission, an independent international body comprising former heads of state, ministers, and business leaders.
An independent Global Ocean Accountability Board – the creation of which we are also proposing – should monitor progress on all of these fronts.
To this end, an independent commission – composed of a mixture of national and international experts – should be established to build on the work of the unofficial Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission.
Indeed, Hong Kong enjoys many freedoms that the rest of China lacks, including a judiciary system that is guided by British common law and independent from the executive branch.
But Lebanon is not alone in that respect: according to the UN and several independent studies, countries in transition from war to peace face roughly a 50% chance of sliding back into warfare.
Working in partnership with governments, the private sector, and the institutions of civil society, African media can become a source of relevant information, competent comment and insight, and constructive and cooperative socially responsibility, even as it remains free, independent, and commercially successful.
The outside world can and should support the strengthening of civil society, independent media, and a true transfer of political power in 2008.
Moreover, because pay-for-success contracts must be validated by metrics and independent evaluations, it is easy to tell which experiments have succeeded and which have failed.
Indeed, the spike in oil prices actually gives independent producers an incentive to boost production.
Some 70 years ago, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan’s founding father, launched the movement to create an independent state for the Muslims of British India.
When the world’s nations decided in favor of the creation of an independent Jewish state, they did not designate it only for the 600,000 Jews then living there.
Here, political pressure, including from the US Treasury, was put on the supposedly independent Board not to make the change.
It is not the only one: the rule of law, enforced by an independent judiciary, and competitive elections held at regular intervals are no less important.
One consequence of this is that Ukrainians are often shy about asserting Ukraine’s independent interests plainly – exemplified by Ukraine’s acceptance of a deal that leaves its energy future so insecure.
True, Ukrainians rightly feel like citizens of a normal, independent country, and want to be treated that way.
By illiberal democracy I mean a system where, though governments are elected in free (but not always fair) elections, they still fail to respect the basic principles and values of "constitutional liberalism," including the rule of law, division of power, an independent judiciary, and respect and protection of human rights and freedoms.
And even if decision-making is handed over to independent bodies to prevent abuse, doing so will make the process even more complicated and time-consuming.
The World Bank, in its efforts to support democracy and good governance, must insist on the highest standards of due process: charges of corruption should be treated seriously, and the evidence turned over to national authorities for use in open, transparent, and independent proceedings.
The Palestinians want an independent state, but on the condition that they secure Jerusalem as its capital, and that Israel ceases to expand settlements on territory that it has occupied since the 1967 Six-Day War.
By joining the euro, Italy surrendered monetary sovereignty to an external, independent decision-maker, the European Central Bank.
Hence the principle of “democratic delegation”: Democracies can enhance their performance by delegating aspects of decision-making to independent agencies.
Accordingly, it is far better to insulate monetary policy from political pressures by delegating it to technocratic, independent central banks that are charged with the singular objective of price stability.
As a result, it will be generally less responsive to Italian economic circumstances than a purely Italian, but equally independent central bank would have been.
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